Concept for energy-autarkic, autonomous climbing robots

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines, CLAWAR 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 107-114

  Brockmann, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

climbing robots; energy autarky; passive suction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MOBILE ROBOTS;

AUTONOMOUS CLIMBING; CLIMBING ROBOTS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; ENERGY-AUTARKY; HOLDING FORCES; LIGHT-WEIGHT CONSTRUCTIONS; PASSIVE SUCTION; PULLING FORCE;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 61649097447     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26415-9_12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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